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Brian Burke Confirms Toronto Offer
NHL Home Ice is reporting that Brian Burke has confirmed receiving an offer sheet from the Toronto Maple Leafs. The terms are for 6 years (the remainder of this + 5 more), $3+M USD per year with possible signing and incentive bonuses as well as complete autonomy over the franchise. Speculation is [...]
NHL Gets What It Wants But Fanbase Stays The Same
An article on espn.com discusses the possible reasons for the increase in scoring this season. Scoring is up slightly from 5.6 to 5.9 average goals per game this season so far over last, and is almost 20% higher than the 5.0 goals per game the season before the lockout (where many rule changes [...]
Brian Burke Leaves Ducks - Most Likely Headed To Toronto
The Anaheim Ducks announced today that Brian Burke has stepped down as their General Manager. Burke is now free to negotiate with other teams - the speculation is that Burke will be hired by the Toronto Maple Leafs as their General Manager as early as next week.
Citing family reasons, Burke turned down a [...]
To Disclose or Not To Disclose - The NHL Injury Disclosure Policy Examined
The NHL has come under some criticism for returning to its policy of not requiring teams to disclose player injuries. An article on espn.com discusses the argument at length.
The main reason for not disclosing specific injuries is the position that if the opposition knows what’s ailing a player they will make that player [...]
Your Hockey Team Is Playing Today
…and your hockey team is not playing tomorrow, another rarity in the league (with the exception of All-Star and Winter Olympic breaks). According to the NHL, they anticipate 250,000 fans will flock to arenas around North America to watch a game. Other fun stats (from USA Today):
“Of the NHL’s 67 officials, counting [...]
Proposal For A Delayed Penalty Rule Change
There’s a new proposal in town, and its name is the “clear-the-puck-instead-of-just-touching-it” rule change. Apparently the owners are floating the idea of a new rule where, if your team is guilty of a delayed penalty AND your team is defending in it’s own zone, your team must clear the puck - just touching [...]
Your Team is Playing Tomorrow
For only the second time in NHL history all 30 teams are playing tomorrow. The last time this happened was October 5, 2005. That night was the first night back after the lockout and apparently the NHL wanted to hit the ice skating.
In case you’re wondering, here’s how everyone fared that night - [...]
NHL Expansion Team Near Toronto?
The conversation about adding a second hockey team in Toronto is coming up again. The guys on NHL Live (on XM NHL Home Ice) have been talking about it for the last two days. The argument is if the Southern California region can support both the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks, [...]
Is It The Shoes?!
I was watching the Sharks games against the Ducks and Flyers and I saw something that caught my eye. Granted it was an odd-man rush, but when Evgeni Nabokov tried to kick save this one goal the puck went under his pad, under his calf for the score. This seemed to happen [...]
Messages from The Motherland
We posed a question about whether or not using the Vancouver Canucks to promote the 2010 Winter Olympics is an exploitative use of a hockey team. TheOldTimer from Vancouver offered some insight:
“Everyone in Vancouver loves the Canucks. Our local paper (Vancouver Sun) usually has about a 6 page Sports Section and 5 of [...]
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